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April 10, 2026

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Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried

By T.K. Eldridge

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of. How do you explain whe...

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of. How do you explain where you got the tips? How do you avoid showing them that you're speaking to thin air and no, you haven't lost your mind? Kennedy has to hide how he's figuring it all out so he can keep his badge and solve the murder - before he ends up dead and buried too. Check out Partners in Crime - a new supernatural mystery series by T.K. Eldridge.

Assassin Next Door

Assassin Next Door

By Eve Langlais

He’s just a hot guy living next door to a single mom – and oh yeah, he kills people for a living. Suburbia, a great place for a man with secrets to hide while investing in some solid real estate. The biggest drawback? Ne...

He’s just a hot guy living next door to a single mom – and oh yeah, he kills people for a living. Suburbia, a great place for a man with secrets to hide while investing in some solid real estate. The biggest drawback? Neighbors. In this case, a neighbor with sexy curves and a bright smile. Good thing she’s not his type. Single moms with annoying ex-husbands are on the do-not-date list. Stay away. Calvin wants to, it’s just not happening. He can’t help but find himself drawn to the chaos next door. And when danger threatens his suburban lifestyle, this assassin doesn’t hesitate to act. Killing people is easy. Domestication, on the other hand…

Murder Girl

Murder Girl

By Lisa Renee Jones

It’s Lilah Love’s job to inhabit a killer’s mind. The unapologetically tough FBI profiler is very comfortable there. But her latest case is making her head spin. It’s a string of brutal assassinations carried out across...

It’s Lilah Love’s job to inhabit a killer’s mind. The unapologetically tough FBI profiler is very comfortable there. But her latest case is making her head spin. It’s a string of brutal assassinations carried out across the country, each tied to a mysterious tattoo. Body by body, she’s followed the clues all the way back to her hometown. And every step of the way, the killer has been following her. Here, beneath the glamour of the privileged Hamptons community, is a secret long buried but never forgotten. It’s bigger than Lilah. It’s powerful enough to escape the reach of the FBI. And it’s more personal than anyone can imagine. Because it’s hiding in Lilah’s own past. To fight it, she’s forced to turn to her lethally tempting ex, Kane Mendez. He’s an expert at bringing out Lilah’s darkest impulses. If she plans to survive, she’s going to need them. The Lilah Love series: Book One: Murder Notes (Murder Duet #1) Book Two: Murder Girl (Murder Duet #2) Book Three: Love Me Dead (Umbrella Man Duet #1) Book Four: Love Kills (Umbrella Man Duet #2) Book Five: Bloody Vows (Wedding Duet #1) Book Six: Blood Love (Wedding Duet #2)

Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot

Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot

By Sarah Osborne

Pediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhood friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she’d be solving a murder too . . . Despite growing up...

Pediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhood friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she’d be solving a murder too . . . Despite growing up together, Ditie hasn’t seen Ellie Winston in two years, and she didn’t even know Ellie was living in Atlanta. But when Ellie asks her to take care of Lucie and Jason for the weekend, she thinks nothing of it. They’ll bake cookies together, play with her dog—it’ll be fun! Until the police call with terrible news . . . Ellie may not have been the best friend, but who would want her dead? Could it have something to do with the vague get-rich-quick scheme she mentioned to Ditie? Or the men in a black truck following her and breaking into her home? Not sure who to trust other than her best friend, Lurleen, Ditie’s buried maternal instincts kick in to protect the kids and find their mother’s killer—before they’re orphaned again . . .  Includes Family-Friendly Recipes!

The Stationmaster's Cottage

The Stationmaster's Cottage

By Phillipa Nefri Clark

Christie Ryan is happy in her life... or so she tells herself. Despite a tragic childhood, she has built a satisfying career and loves her city apartment. But deep down she yearns for a simpler life. Family. A garden. An...

Christie Ryan is happy in her life... or so she tells herself. Despite a tragic childhood, she has built a satisfying career and loves her city apartment. But deep down she yearns for a simpler life. Family. A garden. And a place to heal her heart. The decision to attend a funeral in a town she's never heard of throws her safe world into disarray, exposing the cracks in her life. As she deals with the fallout, Christie moves into a rundown cottage she's inherited and there, makes a discovery. A damaged painting. Unworn wedding rings. A shoebox full of unopened love letters. ...fifty years ago, a heartbroken young artist waited each dawn on a jetty for his true love to return. And each night, he wrote her a love letter... What Christie uncovers will change her life forever. The Stationmaster's Cottage will sweep you to the past and back with a love story to fill your heart and a mystery to thrill your mind.

The Gray and Guilty Sea

The Gray and Guilty Sea

By Scott William Carter

"Carter's writing is on target." - Publishers WeeklyA curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when they're being charitable.After his wife's brutal murder in New York, and...

"Carter's writing is on target." - Publishers WeeklyA curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when they're being charitable.After his wife's brutal murder in New York, and Gage himself is beaten nearly to death, the crippled private investigator retreats three thousand miles to the quaint coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. He spends the next five years in a convalescent stupor, content to bide his time filling out crossword puzzles and trying to forget that his wife's death is his fault. But all that changes when he discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach, and his conscience draws him back into his old occupation - forcing him to confront the demons of his own guilt before he can hope to solve the girl's murder.* * * * *The Garrison Gage Mysteries(in chronological order):The Gray and Guilty SeaA Desperate Place for DyingThe Lovely Wicked Rain

The Client's Conundrum

The Client's Conundrum

By Cate Lawley

A canine collaborator... Mallory's client is relying on her to solve an inconvenient murder, and her stomach won't stop grumbling.  Thankfully, she's got a team of magical and human friends to help her find the culprit.....

A canine collaborator... Mallory's client is relying on her to solve an inconvenient murder, and her stomach won't stop grumbling.  Thankfully, she's got a team of magical and human friends to help her find the culprit...and slip her snacks to stave off a devilish hunger. But she's also got a secret weapon: a wicked clever bloodhound with a nose for the bad guys.  Click to discover if Mallory and her new canine friend keep her client out of hot water.

Love, Die, Neighbor

Love, Die, Neighbor

By Joanna Campbell Slan

LOVE, DIE, NEIGHBOR: The Prequel to the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Can be read as a stand-alone)IT'S NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE WELCOME WAGON IS ACTUALLY A HEARSE…>>>As the mother of an active toddler and the wife o...

LOVE, DIE, NEIGHBOR: The Prequel to the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Can be read as a stand-alone)IT'S NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE WELCOME WAGON IS ACTUALLY A HEARSE…>>>As the mother of an active toddler and the wife of an often absent husband, Kiki Lowenstein already has both hands full. But when the Lowensteins move into their new house on the same day the construction crew leaves, Kiki must learn to juggle boxes, baby, and big expectations.>>>Her determination to be a good neighbor (and make her husband proud) hits a serious roadblock when she angers the Nordstroms, the couple who live next door. Meanwhile, Kiki's mother-in-law is disappointed that Kiki isn't an asset to her son's career. She fusses at Kiki for not being more social. And Kiki's lack of friends only adds to her sense of isolation.>>>The young mother is seriously overwhelmed cleaning up after various contractors leave and trying to keep up with a toddler who is happily sticking stray objects up her nose! Life takes a turn for the better when Kiki bumps into a "cleaning professional" (a cleaning lady) in the household products aisle at Home Depot. But is that any way to make friends? Kiki's mother-in-law is not amused.>>>Things come to an ugly climax when the guy next door, Sven Nordstrom, dies under mysterious circumstances. Sadly, Kiki becomes a suspect. Now this young mother is forced into the one role she never planned on playing: amateur sleuth.>>> The Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series has won the hearts of fans all over the world! If you like uplifting, humorous, thought-provoking, clean mysteries that feature family and fur-babies, this is the series for you! Readers who enjoy CeeCee James, A. R. Winters, Mollie Cox Bryan, and Maggie West will enjoy this series as will crafters who enjoy Laura Childs, Maggie Sefton, Betty Hechtman, and Monica Ferris. Read Love, Die, Neighbor as a "stand-alone" or as the prequel to a series. (Agatha Award Finalist, Paper, Scissors, Death: Book #1, follows this prequel.) Grab your copy today!

Beached & Bewitched

Beached & Bewitched

By Emery Belle

Book your ticket to Magic Island, where the potions are brewed fresh daily, the beaches are perfect for creature-watching, and the fangs and fur are on full display. Wren Winters is utterly, painfully ordinary. The most...

Book your ticket to Magic Island, where the potions are brewed fresh daily, the beaches are perfect for creature-watching, and the fangs and fur are on full display. Wren Winters is utterly, painfully ordinary. The most boring job on the planet? Check. A boyfriend of eight years who still hasn’t put a ring on it? Double check. A squirrel that can’t stop gorging itself on her tomato plants? Make that a triple. But on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Wren can’t shake the feeling that things are about to change. And they are. Just not in the way she planned. After a series of unexplainable events makes her question her sanity, a strange little man arrives to deliver an even stranger message: Wren isn’t so ordinary after all. She’s a witch, and in order to claim her powers, she must leave everything behind and journey to a place she never even knew existed. Suddenly, Wren is thrust into a fantasy world come to life, where taxis sprout wings and take to the skies, merwomen teach sold-out water aerobics classes, and scent-challenged ogres panhandle on street corners for unusual delicacies. Add in a new job, a hunky coworker, and a full schedule of magical lessons, and Wren’s formerly boring life is nothing but a distant memory. But before she’s able to even test out her training wand, Wren is confronted with a murder she feels compelled to solve, a list of suspects with plenty to hide, and a mysterious man in black who seems to be tracking her every move. Turns out even fantasy worlds have their dark sides. Author's Note: Each book includes a self-contained mystery, but there are longer, ongoing subplots that continue throughout the series.

The Jo Modeen Box Set: Books 1 to 3

The Jo Modeen Box Set: Books 1 to 3

By Frank H Jordan

Josephine Dakota Modeen is beautiful, noble ... and deadly.Having passed the gruelling entry programme to become the first woman to be accepted into Australia’s elite Special Forces, decorated ex-soldier Jo Modeen is lef...

Josephine Dakota Modeen is beautiful, noble ... and deadly.Having passed the gruelling entry programme to become the first woman to be accepted into Australia’s elite Special Forces, decorated ex-soldier Jo Modeen is left wondering what’s next after leaving the Army. When unexpectedly contacted by her old CO, now a team leader with an Australian national security agency, she knows it’s not a social call. What she doesn’t know is how it will change her life….The first book in this set of three introduces ex-soldier Jo Modeen. The next two prove why she's the heroine we’d all like to have on our side.For fans of Child's Reacher, Blake's Jet, and Baldacci's Will Robie comes an action-packed series with a kick-butt heroine. Click the BUY button to begin the adventures today.

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